Monday, January 16, 2012

winter: montessori style

Well there hasn't been many signs of winter around here... despite the inconsistent cold weather. I've been dreaming, hoping, and praying for some snow!! It's so pretty and peaceful....and being a teacher- I get the added bonus of snow days :-)

Even though it's not snowing outside- it certainly is snowing inside...our classroom that is...

the children fold the square paper in fourths and cut out shapes to create these...

Painting with evergreens

blue construction paper cut in half, white paint, and a variety of evergreen stems. The children dip the evergreen into the white paint and dot on paper. The final results look like snowflakes!

Drawing your own snowflake﻿

the children follow the sequence steps on how to draw a snowflake, then paint glue onto their lines, and sprinkle with snow (it's really sugar- but looks just like snow!)

Counting snowflakes﻿

snowflake matching﻿

I made this work using different snowflakes (found them online: made 1 large copy and 1 tiny copy of each), construction paper, and a laminater. The children use the magnifying glass to look at the tiny snowflakes and match them with the identical large snowflake.

I am a Montessori Teacher new to the world of sewing. I consider myself lucky to have found my niche so young in life! I love to walk barefoot, run, get lost in the woods, attempt to bake, and laugh with friends. I live outside of Philadelphia with my husband, son, dog and 2 cats!